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Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the...
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File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 North America event in June, here are the scheduled sessions with speakers from the File Server team: Code Title Speaker(s) Day Time Track Level WSV328 The...
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Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB 3.0 – Demo at Interop shows SMB Direct at...
The Interop conference happened this week in Las Vegas (see http://www.interop.com/lasvegas) and Mellanox showcased their high-speed ConnectX-3 network adapters during the event. They showed an...
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Windows Server 2012: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB...
1. Introduction With the upcoming release of SMB 3.0 as part of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, I am frequently asked about how older versions of Windows will behave when connecting to or from these...
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Microsoft Partners showcase solutions related to Windows Server 2012 at...
The Microsoft TechEd 2012 North America conference is happening this week in Orlando, FL. As part of that event, a number of partners are showing their hardware and/or software at the exhibit area...
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Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – Understanding how SMB Transparent Failover...
There is a new blog post by Claus Joergensen, a Principal Program Manager in the File Server team, that covers the SMB Transparent Failover feature in Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0. Claus covers all...
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File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America available for...
We had a great time showing Windows Server 2012 at TechEd North America and I wanted to share that the recording for our team’s sessions are now publicly available. That includes our sessions on SMB...
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File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 Europe
If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 Europe event in June, here are the scheduled sessions with speakers from the File Server team: Code Title Speaker(s) Day Time Location Level WSV04-LNC...
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Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 demos at TechEd showcase File Server with...
1. Introduction We recently had our TechEd North America event and all sessìon slides and recordings are now publicly available (links are provided below). We’re also getting ready to deliver our...
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Episode 20 of "From End to Edge and Beyond" covers SMB Encryption in Windows...
A quick blog post to highlight that I participated in an episode of “From End to Edge and Beyond”, recorded during TechEd North America 2012 with Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes. This show is focused on...
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The basics of SMB PowerShell, a feature of Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0
1. Overview 1.1. Introduction Windows Server 2012 provides Windows PowerShell cmdlets and WMI objects to manage SMB File Servers and SMB File Shares. These new tools are aimed at both System...
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The basics of SMB Multichannel, a feature of Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0
1. Introduction Windows Server 2012 includes a new feature called SMB Multichannel, part of the SMB 3.0 protocol, which increases the network performance and availability for File Servers. 1.1....
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Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – VSS for SMB File Shares
There is a new blog post by Claus Joergensen, a Principal Program Manager in the File Server team, that covers the "VSS for SMB File Shares" feature in Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0. Claus covers...
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the...
1) Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog posts and TechNet articles. You can find them at http://smb3.info. However, I get a lot of questions...
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel...
1) Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog posts and TechNet articles. You can find them at http://smb3.info. However, I get a lot of questions...
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the...
1) Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog posts and TechNet articles. You can find them at http://smb3.info. However, I get a lot of questions...
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Chelsio...
1) Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog posts and TechNet articles. You can find them at http://smb3.info. However, I get a lot of questions...
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Windows Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 - Step-by-step...
Outline 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview 1.2. Hardware 1.3. Software 1.4. Notes and disclaimers 2. Install Windows Server 2012 2.1. Preparations 2.2. Install the OS 2.3. Rename the computer 2.4. Enable...
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Test Hyper-V over SMB configuration with Windows Server 2012 - Step-by-step...
1. Overview In this post, I am sharing all the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 File Server test environment that I used for some of my Hyper-V over SMB demonstrations. My goal with this...
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Updated Links on Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0
In this post, I'm providing a reference to the most relevant content related to Windows Server 2012 that is related to the File Server, the SMB 3.0 features and its associated scenarios like Hyper-V...
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